Biography
Chris E. Freise, M.D. received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota where he also did his internship and residency in General Surgery. He later completed a transplantation fellowship at UCSF.
He is a member of numerous professional organizations including The Transplantation Society, the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association, the Transplant Infectious Disease Society, the American Hepato-Pancreato-Billiary Association and the Society of University Surgeons. In addition, he recently served as the Medical Director for California Transplant Donor Network. He is also the Associate Counselor for UNOS Region 5, and a member of the UNOS Membership and Professional Standards Committee.
Dr. Freise has authored more than eighty (80) in peer-reviewed publications and five (5) book chapters. He is an accomplished researcher and clinical educator. Dr. Freise is also a frequent invited lecturer to national and international and conferences in the field.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2019 | |
University of California, San Francisco | Transplant Fellowship | School of Medicine | 1995 |
University of California, San Francisco | Post-Doc Fellow/Scholar | School of Medicine | 1991 |
University of Minnesota | M.D. | School of Medicine | 1986 |
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, 1995
Clinical Expertise
Bile Duct Injuries
Bile Duct Strictures
Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)
Choledochal Cyst Disease
Dialysis Access
Expanded Criteria Donor Kidney Transplantation
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Liver Cancer)
Intestinal Transplantation and Rehabilitation
Kidney and LIver Transplantation in HIV Patients
Kidney Auto-transplantation
Kidney Transplantation
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Laparoscopic Kidney and Liver Surgery
Liver Transplantation
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Pancreas Transplantation
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Polycystic Liver Disease
Portal Hypertension
Surgical Shunts
In the News
Grants and Funding
- Living Donor Liver Transplant :Short & Long-Term Impact on Donors and Recipients | NIH | 2002-09-01 - 2015-08-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
Research Narrative
Dr. Friese's basic science research focuses on the delivery of immunosuppressive agents to organ allografts, ischemia reperfusion injury, and methods to improve organ function in deceased donors. His clinical research includes a multicenter trial investigating donor and recipient outcomes following living donor liver transplantation.
Research Interests
Delivery of Immunosuppressive Agents to Organ Allografts
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Improvement Organ Function in Deceased Donors
Publications
- Molecular Insights in Transmission of Cancer From an Organ Donor to Four Transplant Recipients.| | PubMed
- Contemporary Management of Hepatic Cyst Disease: Techniques and Outcomes at a Tertiary Hepatobiliary Center.| | PubMed
- Impact of Sarcopenia on Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.| | PubMed
- Inferior Long-Term Graft Survival of Suboptimal Kidneys After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.| | PubMed
- Rapid Modification of Workflows and Fellow Staffing at a Single Transplant Center to Address the COVID-19 Crisis.| | PubMed
- Living Donor Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Liver Disease: Data from the Adult-to-adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study.| | PubMed
- Bi-organ paired exchange-Sentinel case of a liver-kidney swap.| | PubMed
- Fatigue, Pain, and Other Physical Symptoms of Living Liver Donors in the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study.| | PubMed
- Splenic Vein Thrombosis Following Pancreas Transplantation: Identification of Factors That Support Conservative Management.| | PubMed
- Collagen XIV and a related recombinant fragment protect human vascular smooth muscle cells from calcium-/phosphate-induced osteochondrocytic transdifferentiation.| | PubMed